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The Science of Karma
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debit all the time and ensure that they had a net credit balance.
There would never be any unhappiness and so no one would
ever seek liberation, because there would be nothing but good
deeds. So the law credits a hundred and loans you five, which
is not deducted. You will have to experience whatever credit
you accumulate. Excessive credits will bring excessive fruits,
which become cumbersome to enjoy. After a while, you will tire
from too much of a good thing. Too much credit becomes
cumbersome and too much debit also becomes cumbersome.
One becomes tired of all the luxuries and wants to revert back
to simplicity. This is because whatever comforts they experience
is not real, is not the bliss of the Self. Rather, it is imaginary and
temporary happiness. One never tires or becomes dissatisfied
with the permanent bliss of the Pure Soul.
The Path Of Liberation From The Bondage
Of Karma
Questioner: How can we be free of the karmas bound
in the previous lives? We have some notion that we are here
because of good and bad karmas in our past life. How can we
find a solution to the problem?
Dadashri: Now if someone bothers you, you should
understand that you must have done something bad to him in
your past life, and now he is returning the favor. So you must
resolve the situation calmly and peacefully. But because you
cannot remain peaceful, you end up sowing new seeds of karma.
There is only one way to deal with karmas bound from the
previous life and that is through peace and equanimity. You
should not have a single bad thought about other people. You
should simply feel that you are experiencing your account and
that whatever the person may be doing to you is all on account
of your own karma. You should understand that you are suffering
because of your own previous bad deeds. Only then is there
any freedom. As a matter of fact, he is giving you such a difficult